Exactly my position. I thought FTATR was a very poor follow up to the brilliant Back In Black.Low Down Low wrote: ↑18 Nov 2017, 10:55amWas a fan up to For Those About to Rock and lost touch from there, but yeah, earlier stuff with Scott is their best. For a heavy rock band, always thought they had a great sense of rhythm, fairly basic formula but they did it damn well.
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There are fun numbers here and there "Thunderstruck" "Heatseeker" Satellite Blues" "Rock 'n' Roll Train" but yeah I agree with the above pretty much.Heston wrote: ↑18 Nov 2017, 11:50amExactly my position. I thought FTATR was a very poor follow up to the brilliant Back In Black.Low Down Low wrote: ↑18 Nov 2017, 10:55amWas a fan up to For Those About to Rock and lost touch from there, but yeah, earlier stuff with Scott is their best. For a heavy rock band, always thought they had a great sense of rhythm, fairly basic formula but they did it damn well.
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I was never a huge fan, but I enjoyed their music - especially the early stuff before they became too repetitive. Malcolm was one of the greatest rhythm guitarists to ever pick up a guitar. Guy was a great song-writer and an absolute powerhouse!
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Yeah FTATR isn't great though I think the title track, with that great intro, is up there with their best songs. Back in Black is fantastic, especially considering it came only a year after Scott's death, I'd have it behind Highway to Hell but not by much.Heston wrote: ↑18 Nov 2017, 11:50amExactly my position. I thought FTATR was a very poor follow up to the brilliant Back In Black.Low Down Low wrote: ↑18 Nov 2017, 10:55amWas a fan up to For Those About to Rock and lost touch from there, but yeah, earlier stuff with Scott is their best. For a heavy rock band, always thought they had a great sense of rhythm, fairly basic formula but they did it damn well.
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There are many who believe Bon Scott had a big hand in Back In Black, me included. Johnson joined in early April 1980, and the recording sessions started in mid-April, lasting until the end of May. I find it hard to believe the full album could have been written in that timescale, yet Johnson gets a credit on every song. If Scott did contribute it would explain their sudden fall off the cliff after this album.Low Down Low wrote: ↑18 Nov 2017, 12:28pmYeah FTATR isn't great though I think the title track, with that great intro, is up there with their best songs. Back in Black is fantastic, especially considering it came only a year after Scott's death, I'd have it behind Highway to Hell but not by much.Heston wrote: ↑18 Nov 2017, 11:50amExactly my position. I thought FTATR was a very poor follow up to the brilliant Back In Black.Low Down Low wrote: ↑18 Nov 2017, 10:55amWas a fan up to For Those About to Rock and lost touch from there, but yeah, earlier stuff with Scott is their best. For a heavy rock band, always thought they had a great sense of rhythm, fairly basic formula but they did it damn well.
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Got to see them in 2010 which was fun. Great band and I LOVED covering their songs with my cover band I was in. Just great grooves. Angus gets a lot of attention, but I'm sure Malcolm had a big hand in those riffs. The dementia downfall was probably really rough on his friends and family and it's probably good it didn't linger too much longer.
Look, you have to establish context for these things. And I maintain that unless you appreciate the Fall of Constantinople, the Great Fire of London, and Mickey Mantle's fatalist alcoholism, live Freddy makes no sense. If you want to half-ass it, fine, go call Simon Schama to do the appendix.
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They were the second band I ever saw, caught them 2 nights in a row on the Back In Black tour. Absolutely brilliant they were.matedog wrote: ↑18 Nov 2017, 1:02pmGot to see them in 2010 which was fun. Great band and I LOVED covering their songs with my cover band I was in. Just great grooves. Angus gets a lot of attention, but I'm sure Malcolm had a big hand in those riffs. The dementia downfall was probably really rough on his friends and family and it's probably good it didn't linger too much longer.
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I too saw them on the BiB tour at the Hammersmith Odeon and concur. Superb band at the height of their power and great fun.Heston wrote: ↑18 Nov 2017, 1:07pmThey were the second band I ever saw, caught them 2 nights in a row on the Back In Black tour. Absolutely brilliant they were.matedog wrote: ↑18 Nov 2017, 1:02pmGot to see them in 2010 which was fun. Great band and I LOVED covering their songs with my cover band I was in. Just great grooves. Angus gets a lot of attention, but I'm sure Malcolm had a big hand in those riffs. The dementia downfall was probably really rough on his friends and family and it's probably good it didn't linger too much longer.
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It does sound most plausible, given there's only 5 months between Bon's death and the album release. And You Shook Me in particular does seem for all the world like a quintessential Bon Scott song. Not sure why they'd have felt the need to whitewash Scott's contribution, whatever it was, guess they had their reasons if that was the case.Heston wrote: ↑18 Nov 2017, 12:55pmThere are many who believe Bon Scott had a big hand in Back In Black, me included. Johnson joined in early April 1980, and the recording sessions started in mid-April, lasting until the end of May. I find it hard to believe the full album could have been written in that timescale, yet Johnson gets a credit on every song. If Scott did contribute it would explain their sudden fall off the cliff after this album.Low Down Low wrote: ↑18 Nov 2017, 12:28pmYeah FTATR isn't great though I think the title track, with that great intro, is up there with their best songs. Back in Black is fantastic, especially considering it came only a year after Scott's death, I'd have it behind Highway to Hell but not by much.Heston wrote: ↑18 Nov 2017, 11:50amExactly my position. I thought FTATR was a very poor follow up to the brilliant Back In Black.Low Down Low wrote: ↑18 Nov 2017, 10:55amWas a fan up to For Those About to Rock and lost touch from there, but yeah, earlier stuff with Scott is their best. For a heavy rock band, always thought they had a great sense of rhythm, fairly basic formula but they did it damn well.
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Had a few chances to see them, all spurned for one reason or another, regret to say. Always thought Brian sounded a bit weak vocally on the live recordings I've listened to, but that maybe just in the past couple of years or so.Marky Dread wrote: ↑18 Nov 2017, 1:10pmI too saw them on the BiB tour at the Hammersmith Odeon and concur. Superb band at the height of their power and great fun.Heston wrote: ↑18 Nov 2017, 1:07pmThey were the second band I ever saw, caught them 2 nights in a row on the Back In Black tour. Absolutely brilliant they were.matedog wrote: ↑18 Nov 2017, 1:02pmGot to see them in 2010 which was fun. Great band and I LOVED covering their songs with my cover band I was in. Just great grooves. Angus gets a lot of attention, but I'm sure Malcolm had a big hand in those riffs. The dementia downfall was probably really rough on his friends and family and it's probably good it didn't linger too much longer.
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Apparently it really was a bang-bang quick job that attempted to fresh-write while they had momentum, and that had been the plan all along ever since the last tour with Scott ended. So there probably isn't much of anything on there dating to the Scott era, other than maybe some instrumental fragments that were collected from unrecorded tour rehearsal jams. I think the opening riff to "Back In Black" was something Angus had been hoarding since '79 (there are recordings of him riffing it alone with tape running), but it hadn't been fleshed out into a full arrangement.Low Down Low wrote: ↑18 Nov 2017, 1:29pmIt does sound most plausible, given there's only 5 months between Bon's death and the album release. And You Shook Me in particular does seem for all the world like a quintessential Bon Scott song. Not sure why they'd have felt the need to whitewash Scott's contribution, whatever it was, guess they had their reasons if that was the case.Heston wrote: ↑18 Nov 2017, 12:55pmThere are many who believe Bon Scott had a big hand in Back In Black, me included. Johnson joined in early April 1980, and the recording sessions started in mid-April, lasting until the end of May. I find it hard to believe the full album could have been written in that timescale, yet Johnson gets a credit on every song. If Scott did contribute it would explain their sudden fall off the cliff after this album.Low Down Low wrote: ↑18 Nov 2017, 12:28pmYeah FTATR isn't great though I think the title track, with that great intro, is up there with their best songs. Back in Black is fantastic, especially considering it came only a year after Scott's death, I'd have it behind Highway to Hell but not by much.Heston wrote: ↑18 Nov 2017, 11:50amExactly my position. I thought FTATR was a very poor follow up to the brilliant Back In Black.Low Down Low wrote: ↑18 Nov 2017, 10:55amWas a fan up to For Those About to Rock and lost touch from there, but yeah, earlier stuff with Scott is their best. For a heavy rock band, always thought they had a great sense of rhythm, fairly basic formula but they did it damn well.
There are confirmed zero Scott lyrics or lyric fragments on the album. And he did have a whole notebook's worth of writings at time of death that for all we know have never been used anywhere since. That decision was a unanimous (incl. Johnson) band vote that none of Scott's writings could be used on the album to avoid any appearance of profiteering off the dead, and Johnson made it a condition of his hire because he was too uncomfortable with the prospect. So those writing credits are all legit, and Johnson says he nearly had a nervous breakdown trying to write a full album's worth that quickly with a bunch of guys he didn't know and a dictator of a producer like Mutt Lange. Given what's verified about the details of those sessions, it makes it all the more remarkable that he slid into the role so smoothly. If Scott had anything credit-worthy on the album, it would have to be some instrumental part they jammed with him which he advocated for using...and that starts going right down a splitting-hairs wormhole.
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I've read the same thing regarding Johnson not wanting to use Scott's writings. I think that the fact he had to write this album in super quick time was the reason it's so good. The pressure not allowing for any skackness to set in. Amazing he didn't crack up as you mentioned. This also explains why the follow up is nowhere near as good having put his all into the previous album.Rat Patrol wrote: ↑18 Nov 2017, 1:47pmApparently it really was a bang-bang quick job that attempted to fresh-write while they had momentum, and that had been the plan all along ever since the last tour with Scott ended. So there probably isn't much of anything on there dating to the Scott era, other than maybe some instrumental fragments that were collected from unrecorded tour rehearsal jams. I think the opening riff to "Back In Black" was something Angus had been hoarding since '79 (there are recordings of him riffing it alone with tape running), but it hadn't been fleshed out into a full arrangement.Low Down Low wrote: ↑18 Nov 2017, 1:29pmIt does sound most plausible, given there's only 5 months between Bon's death and the album release. And You Shook Me in particular does seem for all the world like a quintessential Bon Scott song. Not sure why they'd have felt the need to whitewash Scott's contribution, whatever it was, guess they had their reasons if that was the case.Heston wrote: ↑18 Nov 2017, 12:55pmThere are many who believe Bon Scott had a big hand in Back In Black, me included. Johnson joined in early April 1980, and the recording sessions started in mid-April, lasting until the end of May. I find it hard to believe the full album could have been written in that timescale, yet Johnson gets a credit on every song. If Scott did contribute it would explain their sudden fall off the cliff after this album.Low Down Low wrote: ↑18 Nov 2017, 12:28pmYeah FTATR isn't great though I think the title track, with that great intro, is up there with their best songs. Back in Black is fantastic, especially considering it came only a year after Scott's death, I'd have it behind Highway to Hell but not by much.
There are confirmed zero Scott lyrics or lyric fragments on the album. And he did have a whole notebook's worth of writings at time of death that for all we know have never been used anywhere since. That decision was a unanimous (incl. Johnson) band vote that none of Scott's writings could be used on the album to avoid any appearance of profiteering off the dead, and Johnson made it a condition of his hire because he was too uncomfortable with the prospect. So those writing credits are all legit, and Johnson says he nearly had a nervous breakdown trying to write a full album's worth that quickly with a bunch of guys he didn't know and a dictator of a producer like Mutt Lange. Given what's verified about the details of those sessions, it makes it all the more remarkable that he slid into the role so smoothly. If Scott had anything credit-worthy on the album, it would have to be some instrumental part they jammed with him which he advocated for using...and that starts going right down a splitting-hairs wormhole.
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I can honestly see why the questions would be asked, Johnston never proved himself as a lyricist of much quality so the notion that he produced a brilliant albums worth in a few weeks is questionable, to me at least. But there are no facts to prove it either way and I'd have no issue with Brian Johnston at all. It's his voice on the album, he's the one doing credit to those songs and he does such a good job that I can't even conceive anyone else, let alone Bon Scott, singing on that album. I've always been curious about the title track, though. It reads like it should be a tribute to Scott, but try as I might I can't decipher how exactly that tribute is supposed to go. Maybe it's intended to be subtle, but AC/DC were never meant to be a subtle kind of band.Marky Dread wrote: ↑18 Nov 2017, 2:01pmI've read the same thing regarding Johnson not wanting to use Scott's writings. I think that the fact he had to write this album in super quick time was the reason it's so good. The pressure not allowing for any skackness to set in. Amazing he didn't crack up as you mentioned. This also explains why the follow up is nowhere near as good having put his all into the previous album.Rat Patrol wrote: ↑18 Nov 2017, 1:47pmApparently it really was a bang-bang quick job that attempted to fresh-write while they had momentum, and that had been the plan all along ever since the last tour with Scott ended. So there probably isn't much of anything on there dating to the Scott era, other than maybe some instrumental fragments that were collected from unrecorded tour rehearsal jams. I think the opening riff to "Back In Black" was something Angus had been hoarding since '79 (there are recordings of him riffing it alone with tape running), but it hadn't been fleshed out into a full arrangement.Low Down Low wrote: ↑18 Nov 2017, 1:29pmIt does sound most plausible, given there's only 5 months between Bon's death and the album release. And You Shook Me in particular does seem for all the world like a quintessential Bon Scott song. Not sure why they'd have felt the need to whitewash Scott's contribution, whatever it was, guess they had their reasons if that was the case.Heston wrote: ↑18 Nov 2017, 12:55pmThere are many who believe Bon Scott had a big hand in Back In Black, me included. Johnson joined in early April 1980, and the recording sessions started in mid-April, lasting until the end of May. I find it hard to believe the full album could have been written in that timescale, yet Johnson gets a credit on every song. If Scott did contribute it would explain their sudden fall off the cliff after this album.Low Down Low wrote: ↑18 Nov 2017, 12:28pm
Yeah FTATR isn't great though I think the title track, with that great intro, is up there with their best songs. Back in Black is fantastic, especially considering it came only a year after Scott's death, I'd have it behind Highway to Hell but not by much.
There are confirmed zero Scott lyrics or lyric fragments on the album. And he did have a whole notebook's worth of writings at time of death that for all we know have never been used anywhere since. That decision was a unanimous (incl. Johnson) band vote that none of Scott's writings could be used on the album to avoid any appearance of profiteering off the dead, and Johnson made it a condition of his hire because he was too uncomfortable with the prospect. So those writing credits are all legit, and Johnson says he nearly had a nervous breakdown trying to write a full album's worth that quickly with a bunch of guys he didn't know and a dictator of a producer like Mutt Lange. Given what's verified about the details of those sessions, it makes it all the more remarkable that he slid into the role so smoothly. If Scott had anything credit-worthy on the album, it would have to be some instrumental part they jammed with him which he advocated for using...and that starts going right down a splitting-hairs wormhole.
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Ive never gone down this road and the internet is the internet but I know ive seen some stuff online claiming to be Bon Scott singing some versions of a few of these songs.
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